The lowering effect of Gum Arabic on hyperlipidemia in Sudanese patients

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Mohamed, Rima E ^a   Gadour, Mohammed O ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Omdurman University   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Gum Arabic; Hypercholestrolemia; Hyperlipidemia; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; GUM ARABIC; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUDAN; SUDANESE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84930620922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00160     Document Type: Article

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